Training in the Neurobiology of Aging

描述(由申请者提供)：这是北得克萨斯大学健康科学中心衰老神经生物学培训项目的第一次竞争性更新。这一培训计划建立在一个成功的博士前培训计划的基础上，该计划在第一个资助周期中培训了31名受训人员，现在为下一阶段的培训提出了博士前和博士后培训部分。18名潜在的导师将为这个项目提供他们的专业知识、实验室设施和广泛的博士前和博士后培训经验。为提高培训质量将继续进行的现有计划包括(1)我们的老龄神经生物学课程；(2)我们的老龄神经生物学系列研讨会；(3)我们的老龄神经生物学期刊俱乐部；以及(4)我们的老龄神经生物学实习生研讨会。培训计划增加了几个新功能。拟议的培训计划的这些新特点是(1)副研究员计划，它大幅增加了第一个资助周期的受训人数，从每年2-6人增加到每年15-19人，使优秀的培训计划所需的受训人员达到临界数量；(2)机构承诺超过200,000美元，以加强这一培训工作；(3)为我们的新教员提供P受体培训计划和导师指导计划；(4)神经科学技术计划，使用6个优秀的核心实验室设施；以及(5)资助评审培训计划，为我们的博士后实习生提供资助评审所需的技能。与第一个供资周期一样，将使用10个指标的评估方案来评估培训方案和受训人员的质量。在第一个资助周期中，培训计划的成功体现在以下几个方面：我们的受训人员生产率高，他们被安排在学术研究金或教职员工队伍中，他们对研究成果的认可，他们在同行中的领导作用，少数族裔对培训计划的高度参与，以及受训人员在导师中的广泛分布。综上所述，提出了一项培训博士后和博士后研究员的方案，该方案现已取得成功，并包括各种加强培训的新方案。这项计划将有助于填补下一代科学家的需要，以应对与年龄相关的神经系统疾病的预防、治疗和治愈。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is the first competitive renewal of a training program in the Neurobiology of Aging at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. This training program builds on a successful predoctoral training program that in the first funding cycle trained 31 trainees and now proposes both a predoctoral and a post- doctoral training component for the next phase of training. Eighteen potential preceptors will provide their expertise, laboratory facilities and extensive pre- and post-doctoral training experience to this program. The existing programs for enhancement of the quality of training that will be continued are (1) our Neurobiology of Aging Course; (2) our Neurobiology of Aging Seminar Series; (3) our Neurobiology of Aging Journal Club; and (4) our Neurobiology of Aging Trainee Symposium. Several new features of the training program have been added. These new features of the proposed training program are (1) an associate fellows program that substantially increased the number of trainees in the first funding cycle from 2-6 per year to 15-19 per year, allowing the critical mass of trainees needed for an outstanding training program; (2) an institutional commitment of more than $200,000 to enhance this training effort; (3) a Preceptor-in-Training Program and a Mentoring-the-Mentor Program for our new faculty preceptors; (4) a Techniques in Neuroscience Program that use 6 excellent core laboratory facilities; and (5) a Training-in-Grant-Reviews Program that provides needed skills in grant reviewing to our post-doctoral trainees. As in the first funding cycle, a 10-metric evaluation program will be used to assess the quality of the training program and of the trainees. The success of the training program during the first funding cycle is indicated by the high productivity of our trainees, their placement in academic fellowships or faculty lines, their recognition for research achievements, their leadership roles among peers, the high minority involvement in the training program and the broad distribution of trainees among preceptors. In summary, a program of training of pre- and post-doctoral fellows is proposed that now has demonstrated success and includes a variety of new programs for training enhancement. This program will help fill the need for the next generation of scientists to deal with the prevention, treatment and cure of age-related diseases of the nervous system.